Rock The Trend

Feminist movement

Laila Lu — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:01:41 +0000

As the Fall 2010 season came to close, one very noticeable change is the return of curvy models on the high fashion runways. Where do I begin— Karolina Kourkova, Alessandra Ambrosio, Ana Beatriz, Bar Rafaeli, Bianca Balti, Lily Cole… basically the commercial models who are sexy, do Victoria’s Secret and Sports Illustrated, now getting booked for serious shows. Out of a sudden, you see boobs everywhere, boobsy enough to make gay men freak out at the front row.

No surprise if it was indeed Givenchy’s Fall 2009 casting of Adriana Lima that started the trend, the French house’s level of casting is poised to be amongst the ranks of Prada pre-2008, and Calvin Klein in terms of exclusivity and to-watch meter. The strategy surely made competitors nervous. Casting models that no one thought they would appear is a great game of publicity, people talk about it and praised about it. There is almost nothing negative or difficult about bringing a super back on the high fashion runways. The only bad point I can think of is the impact on all the young, new models— Samantha Gradoville opened and closed Prada, but you might have been more interested in Doutzen, Alessandra and Miranda.

[images: style.com]

Transition mode

Laila Lu — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:02:10 +0000

As you might have learnt from the rumour mill, a major shift is happening in the New York modeling scene (more of behind the scene actually), and apparently it involves FORD, Supreme and Women. The change is happening today— the certain important figure’s new regime begins, and for the upcoming weeks when the bookers and agents go about their usual post-fashion week business, it is turning to be a significantly more crucial period than ever.

On another note, while the #1 catwalker has not been unveiled yet, Jacquelyn Jablonski @ FORD (and RTT current favourite model of the moment) might top the list with her 74 shows. She skipped London by the way.

Final collection: McQueen Fall ‘10

Laila Lu — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:02:14 +0000

These are the photos released from the presentation of Alexander McQueen’s final collection he worked on before his passing on 11 Feb, a total of 16 looks. It’s a really beautiful collection, not as harsh as Fall 2009, and is quite similar to his Fall 2008 story about princesses and royalty. The inspiration seems to come from religion, as shown in the prints. After seeing the pictures, don’t you have a bitter sweet feeling?

[images: catwalking]

Karl Konfused

Laila Lu — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:15:02 +0000

Karl Lagerfeld apparently got lost during his own show’s finale. He was looking for directions at the doorway and then he appeared at the wrong time, leaving the models to clap awkwardly at no body when it was the right moment. Watch it here:

Couture craze at Oscars 2010

Laila Lu — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:19:14 +0000

Couture gowns seems to be the to-go choices this year on the red carpet, besides Jean Paul Gaultier and Valentino, a number of major couture houses had at least one celebrity endorsement. Kudos to those who took risk and went for the more unpredictable, unconventional choices (Saldana, SJP), BUT pulling off couture is not an easy feat without the body, the posture and high drama, will leave you to judge who wore it best.

Zoe Saldana in Givenchy Couture

Diane Kruger in Chanel Couture

Sarah Jessica Parker in Chanel Couture

Jennifer Lopez in Armani Privé

Unflattering much?

Amanda Seyfried in Armani Privé

Rachel McAdams in Elie Saab couture

Anna Kendrick in Elie Saab couture

Charlize Theron in modified Christian Dior Couture

Poor Charlize endured quite an amount of ‘cinnamon bun’ jokes.

[images: style.com]

French Revue de Modes #16

Laila Lu — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:56:51 +0000

I’m loving the colours. FRdM’s covers are a major selling point, always filled with interesting casting choices which mostly involved semi-established models that people’s been rooting for, and also not forgetting, the striking photography by Thierry.
12 girls, 12 covers, the question is, which one to pick?

Josefin Hedstrom, Jacquelyn Jablonski, Chanel Iman, Coco Rocha, Tao Okamoto, Ranya Mordanova, Emily DiDonato, Yulia Vasiltsova, Hannah Holman, Laura Blokhina, Anna de Rijk and Lyndsey Scott ph by Thierry le Goues.

So chic

Laila Lu — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:39:13 +0000

The finale parade at Lanvin.

[images: daylife.com]

March 2010 magazine covers

Laila Lu — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:01:23 +0000

Vogue Italia

Freja finally landed her first Vogue Italia cover while working a lot with Steven Meisel recently after a long dry spell. She first appeared in the huge runway editorial in the January main story, then a single shot in an editorial from Vogue US March ‘10, and slowly mounting to this major cover for VI. The lip liner might be a bit distracting, but if it sets people’s tongues wagging then that’s publicity isn’t it? Plus it’s great to see the more feminine side of Freja, that proves her versatility.

Vogue Paris

Rose Cordero ph by Mert & Marcus. This marks her first ever Vogue cover (check out the main editorial here) and also, the first Vogue Paris cover to feature a solo black model since Liya Kebede in 2002. Rose has been booking a lot of good shows this season (she did Prada Fall ‘10), thanks to the timely unveiling of the cover.

Vogue US

Tina Fey in Prada, ph by Mario Testino.

Vogue UK

Alexa Chung ph by Alasdair McLellan, time to put one of UK’s most sought after rising style icon in the cover spotlight.

Vogue Germany

Frida Gustavsson on her first Vogue cover. It’s a pity that her face can’t be seen clearly, but you can easily recognize her by the mole on her cheek. The cover looks very chic and a little bit vintage-y, simply eye-catching.

Vogue España

Anja Rubik ph by Patrick Demarchelier

Vogue Russia

Abbey Lee ph by Josh Olins. After two va-va-voom covers from Vogue Russia (Poly, Magda), they turned to the sweeter side of things with pink fonts and florals.

Vogue China

Du Juan, Anna Jagodzinska, Lily Donaldson, Constance Jablonski, Liu Wen and Karlie Kloss, all dressed in Chanel, ph by Patrick Demarchelier. The cover shares an uncanny resemblance with Vogue US’s May 2009 models cover.

Vogue Nippon

Isabeli Fontana ph by Inez & Vinoodh. The cover shot looks as if it came straight out of the Moschino Spring ‘10 campaign, also by the the same photographers.

Vogue Korea

Korean actress Kim Tae-hee by Oh Jung-seok

Vogue Taiwan

Vogue Australia

Abbey Lee ph by Max Doyle. The cover might not be exactly high fashion-y but it screams summer all over, and the colour combination is lovely. Abbey is also last year’s March issue’s cover model for Aussie Vogue, they sure love her.

Vogue Portugal

After Vogue Korea and Greece reprinted a shot from the ‘Jacket of all trades‘ editorial from Vogue US Jan ‘10 for their February covers, Portugal is joining the bandwagon. A Vogue US editorial that turned triple-cover? Has this happened before?

Vogue Turkey

The very first edition of Vogue Turkey — Jessica Stam ph by Patrick Demarchelier. Conde Nast might have launched this to compete with Harper’s Bazaar Dubai in the Eurasian/middle east market.

Vogue Greece

10th anniversay issue, the covers are epic, and very Grecian.

Vogue Brasil

Barbara Berger

Numéro France

Edita Vilkeviciute, a total seductress in Dior, ph by Sølve Sundsbø.

Numéro Tokyo

Maryna Linchuk

W

Megan Fox ph by Craig McDean

W Korea

Celebrating 5th anniversary with Anja Rubik, Angela Lindvall and Karlie Kloss all in Louis Vuitton, each with a cover and an individual story.

Interview

Lara Stone ph by Mert & Marcus. More talks about her body in the issue.

Dazed & Confused

Australian actress and title lead in Alice in the Wonderland —Mia Wasikowska ph by Laurence Passera. While her Teen Vogue cover is cuter, this screams fantasy with the blue hair.

[images: TFS scans, vogue sites, yes24, amazon.com, models.com]

The Italian way

Laila Lu — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:34:53 +0000

After the Milan shows are over, do you have this image of designers scrambling to dig through the archives for ideas and inspiration? Save for a few houses who still went for a more daring route (Versace, Bottega), it’s another season of calming down and re-thinking the old roots.

At Moschino, Rosella Jardini revived a bit of Franco’s eccentricity, something that he was famous for— poking fun at Chanel.

In his time, Franco created the infamous t-shirt that has a television set and read ‘Channel No.5″ (LOL) and mocked fashion classics such as the Chanel jacket with garish trimmings and details. There are a handful of skirt-suits in the Fall’10 collection that reminds me of Moschino’s past, especially this one which has earrings as trimmings, and the overload of gold that is so anti-Chanel, almost tacky, but then, it’s meant to be fun in the Italian spirit.

[images: style.com]

Lais

Laila Lu — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:24:34 +0000

Lais Riberio @ Women

Truly sensation newcomer who transitioned well from capital to capital. After walking a whooping 26 shows in her country’s fashion week, she made her mark in New York walking for Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Proenza Sschouler, and judging by her showlist in Milan so far — Versace, Bottega Veneta and Gucci (today in 7 hours time), she is cementing her status as the one to watch this season. Lais really stood out on the Versace runway, no?

[images: style.com]